Packaging articles



Dec. 28, 1948.

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Patented Dec. 28, 1948 MelbourneI A.x Beckmann,

siguen to:l A'luminums- In einemman,011mg` asdustries, Incorporated,

My inventionrelatesyto packaging :articles sultlie asf-finalize tappets includingA the; tappeti` rods; andi' which;mightbebroadly: described 'assareticlesi corr sisting of stems` arrd anf annular .laterally project:-

same categoryerriaybe` include'dcertainl typeszzoi bullets andslflells,fI and a Wide varietyi oimachirre parts. 'l y Hr rnanufacturingi'val-ves1 forA use in. engines,v

ordinarily they-valve or tappetfandthe-taripeit rodfl af unitaryrfpiece. The tappets or st'errrjoonstitut'el may "notbel composed' of the same yinstall* as f the tappet rod but by-weldingfonether'processing they' are joinedftogetherf The 'lgrindin'g'- of". the tappet's'toai'nicetyfis ofigreatimportanc'e andz due to ithe' awkwardIl shape offl 'the assembly of'4 tappet and-1 teppvet'I rodi shipment andl disperlsilngforM assembly' have long -presented serious' manufac turingi diflculties. g IFtheValves arenotl held dise tirrctly apart', nicks 'andV scratcheswhich irrrpait4 dated JanuaryY 1930, tor Whileh'reference isu` herebyfmadee. The- Case system has: been `almost universally-medi asfar as E arm advised; prior lio-myfinventionf asher-ei'nfset forthf 'It consistsaA a. series?- off periorated supporting' Wallis-1 into Whichf-:thestems are'i'nser-ted; with backing meme bers- 'against-Whi'ch-y the! ends'foi i the stems-- abut. The back-ing: mem-bers*l themselves havex fperi'oraev tibnsvandfby alterna-tel stag-gering,r the arrangel ment is such thatone. supporting," Wall'with its; tappet'sin position in' itsf perforationsdts: irrfa'ee tovend relation `to anothersupport'ing' wall!with itsf-tappetsin position in1r itsrv staggeredz portera-- tions. 'lll'iusfraf compact' assemblyE is". formedhfor shipment;` The disadvantageswof the system. are

pensingzwhereim.eaoliitappet isshelrh securely botlcrx att the neckizandffat therend oftlfrestermfromettre,` time: .off originali; packaging until-:Lthe aciruafl'A use.l ofi'ztlertappelrfim engine:L assembly: :Ae further abe @package Whereininorlabonousa efortfisirequinedi tm inseriti loir. withdraw!v the.v errdi,

may be inserted in the holder andiWithd'rawmby-fenl simple manualelaterailllmovement intox slots'imth'e isti-io: provide eilhoi'den assembly whichf Willretainritsy shape and'corxdi-'- tiort'even Withfasifw awtwoftappetsiin:theiholder,

and theipatts': ot-Whichimaiyr'berusedlagan: iandr againisincefthereis "nofstnainronZ-the-1holder walls#- 1y inaremovirrg-the tappets.y i

The foregoing:obects11important fromz-a pointlof View of saving in factory costs, coupled more sailietyL im preserving; ther gwound'rsurfacesvvof thefvalves'; against; nieki'ng; .I accomplishv byfrtliat cert-ain combination andi arrangement ofi partecoi" Whichf I have; illustrated a# preferredl embodimentA incorporating the prncifple.iofmyinventon.;1

f Lhlthefdramingsr r l l r l Figure 1 is a side elevation ofiv one@slottedfbaleltin-gcm'emfb'em f l 1 Figuren 2iis Van shownpinfFi'gureflf: f 'Figure' ise ai side*-f slotted-bacliingfmember-a y Y Figure4 41 is arr.v end elevation of the member: showni'n Fi'gaf.; f

Fi'gureffis am end'le'levationfof? the^` assembled Holder contaifningfinfthis casey 13ftfappets.l

Figure 6 is= a` t perspectiile==- View A'o containerfparts being'br-olsenL awayr the holders-al'reinserted. f

Figure '7h-'is av persp'ectivetview-of? an assembly table4 showing a holdei with only two tappets remainingthe holder still retain its set-'up--=conradiio-ffthel. tappet valve- 1 s'pace'aslmucli aspossibleeonsl'stentlwithinsuringf' elevatiiorrof the opposed? aree similarlyL provided"l with-- 35'; spaced aparir a distances In Figures '3 and 4 I have shown the assembly forming the opposite wall of the holder. This wall is composed of slotted members 1, 8, 9, the members 1, 8, being slotted similarly to the members l and 2 with slots 4a, 5a. The only difference between the slotting of the members 9 and 3 is that the slotting is alternated in the sheet 9 so that its slots In are staggered midway'between the slots 6 of the strip 3.

The slots and grooves extend down from the top Walls to a line extending lengthwise of the strips slightly more than the rad of the tappet heads and in accordance with conventional practice may be made of cut corrugated paperv strips.

This assembly provides two backing members forming the shipping and dispensing holder illustrated in Figure 5. Beginning at the top as illustrated, we have fitting within a slot extending clear through the strips 1, 8, 9, but with the end of its stem extending only throughl the slotted portions :4, 5, in

the tops of said end wall supports to a distance from the bottom of the walls slightly more than said radii and the slots and grooves of one wall support spaced to register with the grooves and slots, respectively, of the opposed end wall support, said wall supports being composed of a secured together.

one tappet with its yneck the strips I, 2, and abutting against'the wall 3.

Next we have a tappet with its neck" inserted in the slots 4, 5, 6, `and with the end of its -stem -inserted through the slots 4a and 5a'of the members 'l and 8, and abutting against a solid walled portion of the strip 9.

the holder in a similar staggered end to valve relationship as will be obvious from Figure 5.

In packaging the holders filled with tappets,"

containers are provided such as illustrated in Figure 6, and 11, which may hold as many as twenty holder assemblies. These are packed in stacks with sheets Il of board between each stack.

In dispensing the tappets vthe assembler removes a holder assembly from the container and merely lifts out the tappets as he uses them. 'I'hus in Figure 7 there is illustrated a holder having only two tappets left in position. It should be noted that the holder remains set up even in this position. i

While corrugated paper board is at the moment the most economical material for use in the holder assembly, wood or other material may also be used. The wood may be prepared with the full slots and grooves formed bythe two slotted plies of paper board with the solid backing bya shaping operation or by uniting plies of thin wood grooved like the corrugated paper board i strips illustrated. AOther modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. In the claims which follow I have used the word tappet tol include both the valve head itself and thesupporting stem.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

l. A dispensing holder for articles consisting of stem portions with enlarged v annular laterally extending flanged portions, comprising two relatively stiff opposed end Wallsupports eachbeing provided with alternately arrangedwslottedand grooved portions spaced slightly more than the radii of the annularly'anged portions of the articles adapted to be received in the holderg-said slotted and grooved portions., extending vdown from the tops of said end wall supports to a distance from the bottom of the `walls lslightly more than said radii and the slotsand grooves of one wall support spaced to register with thegrooves and slots, respectively, of the opposed end wall support.

2. A dispensing holder for articles GQnSilI/ng three ply layer of relatively stili strips of material 3. A dispensing holder for articles consisting of stem portions with enlarged annular laterally extending ilanged portions, comprising two relatively stili opposed end wall supports each being provided with alternately arranged slotted and grooved portions spaced slightly more than the radii of the annularly flanged portions of the articles adapted to be received in the holder, said slotted and grooved portions extending down from the tops of said end wall supports to a distance from the bottom of the walls slightly more than said radii and the slots and grooves of one wall support spaced to register with the grooves and slots, respectively, of the opposed end wall support, said wall supports being composed of a three ply layer of relatively stii strips of corrugated paper board secured together.

4. A dispensing holder, for receiving and supporting a plurality of tappets in a container and for serving as a unit dispenser facilitating withdrawal of said tappets for use, comprising a pair of substantially rigid opposed end walls, each having alternate slotted portions interspaced with grooved portions having rigid back walled areas aligned with the grooved portions, the interspacing being slightly more than the radii of the tappet heads, the slotted portions and grooved portions extending down from the top wall adjacent a median line extending` lengthwise of said wall and spaced from the bottom slightly more than the radii of the tappet heads, the slotted and grooved portions of one wall being staggered alternately with the slotted and grooved portions of the opposed wall, whereby said walls will receive tappets in alternating head for end relation, each tappet with its neck in a slotted portion of one wall and with the end of its stern in a registering grooved portion in the opposed wall.

5. A dispensing holder, for receiving and supporting a pluralityof tappets in a container and -for serving as a unit dispenser facilitating withdrawal of said tappets for use, comprising a pair of f substantially rigid opposed lend walls, each having alternate slotted portions interspaced with grooved portions having rigid back walled areas aligned with the grooved portions, the interspacing being slightly more than the radii of in a registering grooved portion in the opposedI wall, said substantially rigid opposed end walls each being composed of slotted strips of material secured together.

6. A dispensing holder, for receiving and supporting a plurality of tappets in a container and for serving as a unit dispenser facilitating Withdrawal of said tappets for use, comprising a pair of substantially rigid opposed end Walls, each having alternate slotted portions interspaced with grooved portions having rigid back Walled areas aligned with the grooved portions, the interspacing being slightly more than the radii of the tappet heads, the slotted portions and grooved portions extending down from the top Wall adjacent a median line extending lengthwise of said Wall and spaced from the bottom slightly more than the radii of the tappet heads, the slotted and grooved portions of one Wall being staggered a1- ternately with the slotted and grooved portions of the opposed Wall, whereby said Walls will receive tappets in alternating head for end relation, each tappet With its neck in a slotted portion of one Wall and with the end of its stem in a registering grooved portion in the opposed wall, said substantially rigid opposed end Walls each being composed of cut strips of corrugated paper board secured together.

MELBOURNE A. BECKMANN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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